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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 4 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 14, 2020 at 10:03 am #594968
    Toubakos
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    hello Sir,

    hereby I provide you a question from the Kaplan test book.

    The predicted selling price for a product has been set at $56 per unit. Mark up on cost is 25% and the material cost for the product is estimated to be $16 before allowing for additional materials to allow a shrinkage for 20% (fro every 10kg go material going in only 8kg comes out).
    if labor is the only other cost and 2 hours are needed what is the most the business can pay per hour if the cost gap is to be avoided?

    I calculated the target cost by doing this: $56/1.25= $44.8. However, I am struggling to understand why the material cost is $20=($16*10kg)/8kg. Could you provide me some assistant about how the material cost turned out?

    November 14, 2020 at 10:33 am #594983
    John Moffat
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    For every 8kg for production they will need to buy 10kg (the other 2 kg are lost).

    So the cost of every 8 kg available for production will be 10 x $16 = $160.

    Therefore the cost per kg is 160/8 = $20.

    November 15, 2020 at 12:04 pm #595094
    Toubakos
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    Thank you so much Sir for your prompt response.

    November 15, 2020 at 3:22 pm #595114
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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